Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-28

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Two ysEy isnporiazi erdinaaosu sess
paassd ~ the Commnn OounaiF az the
City 81 Seattle Ia4f sesnfng. AZ 10
cent msstIng o. tie City Co.'S "a .
street 10 fest uias. 70 be knoun g
Railroad aysnne. vas esndemnsd b lhs
sitys from point neaE Yenlsr's wharf
nofthward along ne water front 20 the
northsrn limits Of he city. rear
bpiih'a Cosss for Us zee Of railroads
which desire 70 secure right Of way IN
- ne heart % the city. Last niQhs she
C0nncll Adopted ordinanees aFanksna .
right 81 wag Ia this street, 30 feet vide,
% both tie Seattle, Lake Shore q East
ern hslieaY OompEng and the Beilfn9-
ban Bag hailgay sad NavigAfien
Company
TIM L2KE sMOnm AND RasrKmM.
Sscsloa one makas the grant ihirsy
feet vide fhFoagh Railroad AVruue and
provides that the railway eompany shalI
- liable 80 the owners Of the property
abnttinG upon naid streets and alleys
for all damages osnsed b laying doWn
snDh track or traekn
session two d seFibeg and defines the
foule. very miuuiely b. netss and
bonnds.
sostson thFes names the conditions on
which the rights are granted, amoag
which are the following: Each rbarf-
owner contiguous 20 the railway shall
haye 3 sidetrack 10 his warehouse, Gro
yidsd q Is bufif aud kept IN repair By
sue wharf owner; that the road shall Be
constructed on 9 common level with the
whhFves along said right Of wny5 the
company ehail plank ifs road full
width 81 intsrsacti0M OF Bharvos built OF
20 Be built; ears and locomotives shall
not stand on track long than nsoss-
saFy; that on or before March !, 1881,
the said e1mpany shall begin tire esn-
sfruciion Of q standard gauge railway.
Il run ffom Columbia street., in the city
Of Seattle, through Snsqaalmis
Pass, 20 sons point east Of
the Cascade mountains IN Eastern
WaahinRt0B; that unless stopped b. tn
Junction, stress Of weaker or tbs acf Of
God, the cempany shall have forty miles
Of railway oOfhplssed before July 1sf,
1888, and shall have & continuous line
from Seattle over the Oasoade noun
taina 70 some point 10 Eastern WASH
ingfon on or before Dec. LIST, 1891; that
a. least two tRaius each day shall run
over the entire line Of road; that the
city retain the same control over the
streets as before, and shall regulate By
ordinance the rate Of speed trains may
run, etc.
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CATION COMPANY.
The first ave ssotiona Of tbs ordinance
granting tbs right, way % this com
pany are similar 10 those Of the Lake
shore trdinAnoe.
section provides that on or before
the Les day Of July, 1881, the Bellingham
Bay Railway a Navigation COMPANY
shall begin the construction Of stand
ard gage railway 10 run from Columbia
street, IL the City Of Seattle. via What
com or some other point 90 Beilingham
Bay, TO some point on the boundary
line between Washington Territory and
British Oolnmbia; that unless delayed
By injunction IN procuring its right-of-
way, or unless delay Cd by storm, freshet,
anOw blockade, or she aet Of God, said
company shalI have les railway con-
stFuofed aud ready for operation from
the City Of Seattle 70 Wnatoom on or
before July ist, 1859. and shall have the
road osmpleted 70 the boundary line By
December 3lst. 1880.
section eight provides for the noutin-
uous operation Of the road, and the sub
sequenl sections pfovics for protesting
She interests Of the city, the citizens,
property holders and snoh 0tneF roads
AZ may hereafter desire TO extend their
lines into seattle.